Seminars and reading groups

Seminars

During semester, the various disciplines within the school hold staff and graduate research seminars in which local and guest speakers read a research paper, followed by discussion. You are strongly encouraged to attend and are welcome to offer papers or suggest visiting speakers. Details of the events are circulated by email.

The Culture and Communication Graduate committee (CCGC) also holds weekly graduate seminars through out the semester.

The English and Theatre Studies Seminar Series runs weekly during semester, usually Wednesday 1pm in 4th Floor Linkway of the John Medley Building. For details contact  Sarah Fernandes Crouch

The Creative Writing Seminar Series runs on the 3rd Tuesday of the month at 1pm-2pm during semester in the Ian Maxwell Room (E261), John Medley building. For details contact Hayley Singer or Maria Tumarkin

Reading and research groups

The School hosts a dynamic community of postgraduate researchers, working across and between the range of disciplines covered by Culture and Communication. Students and staff organise and participate in a variety of reading and research groups, in addition to the more formal university programs. Designed to support high-level or intensive study of significant texts, topics and themes, these groups contribute strongly to the excellence of the research environment of the School.

Please note that the following details are subject to change: if you are interested in attending any of these groups, it would be advisable to contact the relevant coordinator first. If anyone wishes to change or alter any information on this list, please email the Advanced Study Group Coordinator. Many of these groups also have dedicated and up-to-date websites: if available, these are provided with the group listing itself.

Advanced Study Group Coordinator
Marc Mierowsky
marc.mierowsky@unimelb.edu.au  

Group

Contact

Time

Location

Feminist Ethics in Art, Literature, Cinema Reading Group

Nonie May

1st Thursday of every month

Contact coordinator

Seminar in Criticism (graduate work-in-progress group

Joshua Barnes and Mona Rahimpour

Fortnightly, Tuesday, 4pm

Contact coordinator

Medieval Round Table:

Stephanie Trigg

First Monday of the month at 6.15pm

Contact coordinator

Beat and Counterculture Reading Group

George Mouratidis

Fortnightly, Thursday, 5:30pm

Contact coordinator

Theatre and Performance Reading Group

Sarah Balkin

Three times per semester

Contact coordinator

Middle English Reading Group

Stephanie Trigg

Fortnightly

Zoom – contact coordinator for link

Badiou, Conditions

Justin Clemens

Weekly Friday, 3.30pm

Contact coordinator

Critical Race Theory Reading Group

Hannah Murray

Weekly, Friday, 3.30pm

Contact coordinator

Lacan Reading Group

Justin Clemens

Weekly, Friday, 2.00pm

Contact coordinator

Spinoza, Short Treatise

Jon Rubin

Weekly Friday, 1.00pm

Contact coordinator

Marx, Grundrisse

Nandini Shah

Weekly, Friday, 12.00pm

Contact coordinator

Hegel, Science of Logic, Reading Group

Justin Clemens

Weekly, Friday, 11.00am

Contact coordinator

Deleuze, Logic of Sense

Lachlan Daniel Wells

Weekly, Friday, 10:00am

Contact coordinator

Milton, Paradise Lost

Justin Clemens

Weekly, Monday, 4.00pm

Contact coordinator

Dante, Paradiso

Joe Hughes

Weekly, Monday, 2.00pm

Contact coordinator

Joyce, Ulysses Reading Group

Ronan McDonald

Weekly, Wednesday 2.00pm,

John Medley West 502. Contact coordinator for details

Auerbach, Mimesis, Reading Group

Sarah Fantini

Weekly, Friday, 2.00pm

Contact coordinator

Environmental Humanities Reading Group

Lynda Ng

Weekly, Friday, 11am

Contact coordinator

Critical Code Studies Reading Group

Michael Falk

Fortnightly, Wednesday 1.00pm

Online, contact coordinator